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• Wedge

  ·vt To force or drive as a wedge is driven. II. Wedge ·noun A mass of metal, especially when of a w...

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• wedge

  Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of stolen goods into wedges. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Wedge gage

  ·add. ·- A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust. ...

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• Wedge gauge

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage. ...

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• Wedge gear

  ·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...

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• Wedge-formed

  ·adj Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform. ...

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• Wedge-shaped

  ·adj Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform. II. Wedge-shaped ·adj Broad and truncate at the summit...

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• Wedge-shell

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...

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• Wedge-tailed

  ·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...

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• wedge-bill

  n. an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ganny-wedge

  A thick wooden wedge, used in splitting timber. ...

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• wedge-fids

  For top and top-gallant masts; in two parts, lifting by shores and sett-wedges. (See setting-up.) ...

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• tree-nail wedge

  A cross is cut in the tree-nail end, and wedges driven in, caulked; or sometimes a wedge is driven i...

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• wedge-shaped gulf

  One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...

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